AuthorTopic: Can Vector Linux run the following applications? (Read 4473 times)

I am looking for a Linux distribution for an old PIII computer. The computer has a 20GB harddrive, 128MB RAM, and when it was running W2K it was relatively fast.

Before installing this version of Linux I would like to make sure that it can run the following apps.

I would be running all from console but having some graphical apps would be OK.

* elm--I would be using it mostly to email files using the batch mode.* lynx* sed--I use it a fair amount to edit text automatically, strip non-Ascii characters etc.* grep* ftp--would ftp'in files to my website. Would love to also have a light-weight ftp server, but it is not a must.

* elm--I would be using it mostly to email files using the batch mode.available in the repositories.* lynxditto* sed--I use it a fair amount to edit text automatically, strip non-Ascii characters etc.yup* grepalso yup.* ftp--would ftp'in files to my website. Would love to also have a light-weight ftp server, but it is not a must.I use gftp, but you can find others.

Since looks like you are comfortable with the command line, lftp is a gem. I wouldn't change it for any gui ftp client. As for light ftp servers, I dont know about any small solution. If you find one we can help you to install it. However there is some small http solutions, like webfs which is in the repos. Also there is a useful python script called woof. It lets you serve a file or directory a limited number of times and it can even display a form for file uploading. There is also the python built in server which you can get with